Bonus Content for “Penguins in the Basement”

Penguins in the Basement

by DJ Miller

A spoiler occurs when plot elements of a story are revealed too soon. If you read this website before you read the book, you might know too much too soon. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!

Hi, my name isEllaand my family works for a government agency calledPenguin Providers. Okay, okay, it’s a fictional agency made up by the author,DJ Miller. The truth is, that I’m real. Okay, okay, maybe just in her head. Whatever. LOL Some of the stuff in the story IS true. She didn’t make it up. She found the information by doing research on the Internet.

My brother,Liam, who tried unsuccessfully to keep important information from me, but I still love, mentioned theCold Warand how theUnited Stateshad research stations near theSouth Pole. He also said that the government set up a net to tracksubmarines. This is all true. Well, they didn’t usepenguins(that we know of) but they did have other ways to track submarines. They actually usedSONARbut in case you didn’t know or maybe you already suspected…SONAR actually refers to a method of tracking sounds NOT ultraviolet light…but LIDAR doesn’t sound as cool, does it? Maybe they could have used penguins though? Penguins do have an ability to see ultraviolet light. It is also true that they are very intelligent and can be trained to perform tasks. Penguins do have an oil on them, it keeps their feathers from getting wet.

Aunt Libbycould speakRussian. If you click on the words, you can hear, “No, thank you” being spoken in Russian. If you want to learn even more Russian, you can visit theRussian Phrasebookon Wikitravel.

Anyway, I’ve put some more links below for you to click on and learn more….if you want to. Maybe you plan to be aspysomeday? What do I know? 😉If you find out that any of the links don’t work, be a good spy and tell me about it so I can fix it, okay? Thanks!